Several gay rights activists stood around him in silent vigil holding signs that said things like "Peace" and "Love one another" and "No hate". A different preacher tried to get in on the action and was escorted from the park.
Yep, we have GLBT churches, and synagogues, and several other religious groups that are either outright GLBT or at least GLBT-friendly. I remember one of the first Pride parades I went to, over a decade ago now, had maybe three churches march in it with only a handful of people each. Now, there's bare minimum a dozen, if not more, each with sizable turnouts. The parade as a whole has grown so much and it's amazing to see how far things have come in such a short time. At the same time, you see some very young GLBT people who have no idea of what intolerance is like and, though you are happy for them, worry that they will either not know how to handle it when it strikes, or forget those who literally died to get things to this point.
I have yet to see a Muslim GLBT group, at least in our parade. We have a mosque a few blocks away from our house, and a little Afghani eatery near by. They are wonderfully accepting of the GLBT groups, and the student population who sometimes are dumber than usual. They only ask that we be tolerant as well, which I think is more than a fair trade off. (One woman came in wearing the full veil that covers everything but her eyes while she placed a to-go order and two students made comments. The man behind the counter called his daughter out from the back and she sat with the woman and shared some tea and they mocked the ignorance of others. Our boys were with and criticized the two students. The owner gave them cookies.)
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Yep, we have GLBT churches, and synagogues, and several other religious groups that are either outright GLBT or at least GLBT-friendly. I remember one of the first Pride parades I went to, over a decade ago now, had maybe three churches march in it with only a handful of people each. Now, there's bare minimum a dozen, if not more, each with sizable turnouts. The parade as a whole has grown so much and it's amazing to see how far things have come in such a short time. At the same time, you see some very young GLBT people who have no idea of what intolerance is like and, though you are happy for them, worry that they will either not know how to handle it when it strikes, or forget those who literally died to get things to this point.
I have yet to see a Muslim GLBT group, at least in our parade. We have a mosque a few blocks away from our house, and a little Afghani eatery near by. They are wonderfully accepting of the GLBT groups, and the student population who sometimes are dumber than usual. They only ask that we be tolerant as well, which I think is more than a fair trade off. (One woman came in wearing the full veil that covers everything but her eyes while she placed a to-go order and two students made comments. The man behind the counter called his daughter out from the back and she sat with the woman and shared some tea and they mocked the ignorance of others. Our boys were with and criticized the two students. The owner gave them cookies.)